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7 hours ago, VirginHeels said:

Im planning a pair of MJ cowboy boots with a 3.75 inch heel. Something with a bit of a click.

I ordered a pair of MJ boots in February with 4” heels.  I hear he has about a 2 month turnaround, and I am getting excited in anticipation.  

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For me, being mostly stuck at home over the last year has been starving me of sources of inspiration and things to talk about, which come when I am with other people, experience their cultures, seeing what they wear, and shopping at stores.  I'm blessed to live on a ranch, and to stay active my wife and I have been taking 2.5-mile walks on the trail every day, and I usually wear my cowboy boots with 3" heels.  We can take different trails every day and see different animals and watch as the trees, grass, and weather change every day, but it's still more repetitive than what I am used to.  Like you, often on these walks what keeps me going through the repetition is thinking that this is just practice, preparing for the day when I'll get to walk 2.5 miles through a shopping mall again, an airport, along a beach, or wherever.  

To get a glimpse of what is going on in the rest of the world I'll check the internet, and occasionally come across something wild and cool, like this:

Lars LaLa 👡 (@larslala) • Instagram photos and videos

But it's not quite the same as being out and about.  

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3 hours ago, Chorlini said:

I'm a musician and I'm fine with it. As long as they hold the instrument in a way that tells me they actually know how to play it. With guitars you can always tell when they don't know. Not a classical musician though so the way she holds it looks decent to me.

Her bow is way over the fingerboard.  She isn't playing the cello in the first picture, and definitely not in the others.  
So, back on topic, I was hanging out back here today:  

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1 minute ago, pebblesf said:

Yeah, and it seems like many of the OHV engines require frequent valve adjustment also.  My sister lives in Naples, I have been patching their little generators together for some years now.  They finally bought a behemoth Generac, am hoping they will have it wired into the breaker panel, it will easily handle most common loads.  I am frustrated because I don't see any  easy way to drain the fuel from the carburetor bowl.  Yes, there is a fuel shut off valve, but "running it out of fuel" by shutting the valve off doesn't remove every bit of fuel from the bowl...And, that little bit of left over fuel is all it takes to muck up the carb.  I'm trying to find a fuel station in their area that offers ethanol free fuel.....

I have a feeler gauge and don’t mind checking the valve lash every 100 hours.  All these generators call for running fuel stabilizer.  We have a station 30 minutes away now that offers ethanol free so I usually have a stash.  I figure I’ll do both.  If I like this generator I may get another one with dual-fuel that also runs propane.

@mlroseplant I just picked up a a Champion 3650 watt.  During this last storm I realized it will be nice to have the option to power the 240V 1HP pump that keeps our water moving.  It’s kind of the sweet spot in size as weight, as it is about 100 pounds and I was able to lift and move it across the property by myself (in 2.5” heels).  

Champion is also the only brand that has a 100-hr oil change service interval.  Most other brands are calling for an oil change every 20 hours, which might be annoying during extended outages. 

Now I just have to figure out how to rewire the water pump to have the option of plugging into the L14-30 outlet.  

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